Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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Chen Guanming, from Jiangsu province in eastern China, traveled by RICKSHAW for 2 years and covered nearly 40,000 miles through 16 countries, surviving flood, war zones and extreme temperatures, finally arriving at the London 2012 Olympics.
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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In 1911, pigtails were banned in China because they were seen as a link with its feudal past.
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Some Chinese-made hair bands were fashioned from recycled condoms.
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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